Example sentences of "rather go " in BNC.
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| 1 | There is one scene in which the straight-guy Suwelo refuses to push a cart to the shops , he would rather go by car ; pushing a cart makes him feel un-manned . |
| 2 | Then I thought stuff that , I 'd rather go to Ibiza with my literary agent , Alison , and take some Ecstasy . |
| 3 | I 'd rather go home , but I du n no how to get there , and I do n't want to get lost . |
| 4 | She returned his kiss , but declined firmly to join him at the Allied Steelmakers ' annual dinner ( carriages eleven-thirty ) , saying she would actually rather go to the cinema with a girlfriend , and tripped out of the office looking considerably less harassed than when she had arrived . |
| 5 | ‘ I 'd rather go to bed and read . ’ |
| 6 | Is it possible that Major would rather go into opposition — with the dangers that would mean for his continued leadership of the Conservative party — than offer PR and Scottish devolution to the Liberal Democrats ? |
| 7 | Well I 'd rather go with grandma , rather than my mother . ’ |
| 8 | ‘ Would n't you rather go for a ride this afternoon ? ’ |
| 9 | I would rather go up than down . |
| 10 | ‘ To keep Bones , would you rather go on with the competition ? ’ |
| 11 | ‘ I 'm not afraid of falling off , look you ; I love riding , ’ cried Deborah indignantly , ‘ and I 'd rather go home on horseback than by car . |
| 12 | ‘ I 'd rather go back to work , ’ said Sarah . |
| 13 | As for having my animals fixed — I would rather go to Russia ’ . |
| 14 | I realised Michael could save me maybe five years of work , but I figured I 'd rather go slow and steady than to go fast and have it all fall apart . |
| 15 | ‘ But I 'll tell you this , I 'd rather go 12 rounds with Lennox Lewis than face a 25-yarder from our full-back Clive Freeman ! |
| 16 | ‘ I 'd rather go to bed with you than see round any house , ’ she said . |
| 17 | At twenty she 'd rather go riding or fishing with him than up to Dublin or down to a dance . |
| 18 | ‘ Anything will do , though I 'd rather go away , if you could manage it . ’ |
| 19 | He told club members who rushed to help him : ‘ I 'd rather go for a pint with my mates . ’ |
| 20 | I tell you , I 'd rather go without than have that lot screw me . |
| 21 | I 'd rather go back to the Ministry Of Defence ! ’ |
| 22 | I 'd rather go to Kashmir or Goa . ’ |
| 23 | When a policeman told her it was an offence to deface her driving licence by stabbing a nailfile through her date of birth , she said she 'd rather go to prison . |
| 24 | Though I suppose you 'd rather go to Scotland and be with your mother . ’ |
| 25 | " As for going underground , I 'd rather go back over the heather . |
| 26 | But Franco was tougher than expected and the interview failed ; after it Hitler is supposed to have said he would rather go to the dentist than meet Franco again . |
| 27 | ‘ In fact I would rather go at once . ’ |
| 28 | Even with all his bills to pay he 'd rather go to the pub . |
| 29 | My mother argued for a while that the dry heat was known to be bracing , but Lili went on to speak of rumours of a cholera epidemic in the rural districts and disaffection among the fellahin and I said I would rather go to Bournemouth , which was a black lie but efficacious since we had gone there for our holidays and my mother seemed gratified that I should wish to return . |
| 30 | I wonder whether Christ would not rather go to Calvary again than to suffer the unfaithfulness of some of his friends . |